Bryant runners swept the competition Tuesday at the 7A Central cross country meet.

The Hornets won both the boys' and girls' 5K races, which were held at Old Post Road Park in Russellville.

The Russellville girls finished fourth, while the boys finished fifth.

Girls

The Lady Hornets were followed by Mount St. Mary's, Cabot, Russellville, Conway and North Little Rock.

The Russellville girls finished tied with Cabot, but the Lady Panthers got the third-place spot due to a faster time by their sixth-place finisher.

"I thought Bryant was a solid favorite, and I thought we could finish third," Russellville coach Don Carnahan said. "We did pretty well, and we came close, but Cabot got third with the tie-breaker."

Erica Setzler of Conway had the best individual finish with a time of 20:11. Russellville's Brittany Blackmon and Janie Blackmon finished fifth and eighth, respectively, while teammate Brittany Barnes was 13th.

"I think the whole girls' team ran really well," Carnahan said. "We had two in the Top 10 and one that wasn't that far out of it."

Bryant was closely followed by Conway, Little Rock Catholic and Cabot.

Russellville was fifth, followed by North Little Rock, Little Rock Central and Pine Bluff.

"I was really surprised the way the team race went. It was a lot closer than I thought it would be between Catholic, Cabot, Conway and Bryant," Carnahan said. "As for us, we probably went to fast in the first mile and faded a little more than we would have liked. I think we got a little excited at the beginning."

David Norris came in 13th for the Cyclones followed by Michael Norris, who was 30th. Other Cyclones who placed were: Devin Dodd (40th), Alex Lake (65th), Chad Smith (87th), Craig Gunter (94) and Jacob Caliaioli (97th).

Carnahan pointed to the toughness of the course for such a close and competitive boys' race.

"It was a tough course because of the hills," Carnahan said. "Then you factor in the rain we got last night and the past week."

The Cyclones and Lady Cyclones are scheduled to compete at the Class 7A state meet Nov. 11 in Hot Springs.